pic request!!! 205/40 or 45 on a 17x9

[ashibah83]

here ya go, PROPER fitment

245/40/17 on a 8.5 wheel

and this was a 215/45 on the same 8.5 wheel

[Shayl]

I hope that car has airbag suspension or something cuz there was absolutely no need to stretch that poor tyre.

Haha, that was when I first had the wheels, before the drop because it was getting a new front end.

If I can find a new picture the fronts are tucking well.

I would not stretch to roll 4x4.

[n240sxfnatic]

205/45.

Whats the offset on those?

[Gabes13]

let me guess...

(f) 17x9 -18(r) 17x9 -30

????

[Justin35ll]

205/40/17 on a 17x9

it really all depends on tire brand these are falken ziex tires and they are not strectched much.



i used to run a 235/40/18 on an 18x10 on my vw as a daily driver

[OutToWinPAHC]

Haters.

205/45 on a 9.5

I think you forgot to read the "where to use" on the side of the tireshine.

[HoosierSX]

^^^im sorry but that car would look so much better with correct tires...

[Shayl]

LOL I love all the haters in the thread.

Also the tire shine comment I take no offense to as everything was rush for the pictures.

I would love to humor you guys with new pictures but they are too dark.



I am sorry I could not impress all those awesome 240 owners out there

[ka24niac]

205/45.

looking good.

[Cameron]

zerepdivad pretty much summed it up.

STRETCH BRAHHHH!

[scotty-2-forty]

I'm an avid fan of safety and observe all sorts of trends. I extracted this article that is just a short blurb from a leading tire expert at MTD (Modern Tire Dealer). Personally, I don't like the trend nor look of tire stretching; rolling the fenders is the correct way to make a tire/wheel combo look great. I'm not pointing fingers or flaming anyone here. I owned and ran 2 performance shops in the past and managed a NIRA/IDRC dragrace team ... In that, I just see way too many people pushing the safety barrier on the streets with just who can have the lowest car, furthest stretched out tires and most negative camber. It really should just be left to the pro-drifter (hence track car). Just FYI ...

Quote »The trend of "tire stretching" [is] where people are stretching a narrower tire over a wider wheel, making the sidewalls stretch outward to hit the wheel lip.

How is the bead seated? By igniting the tire after it's been filled with brake cleaner or ethanol or propane or God knows what else. ... Why would someone want to stretch a tire? For the look. When they want to run a wide tire and not have it rub the fender.

What they're doing is taking a precision-built, highly engineered product and warping it out of recognition. Forget safety, tire longevity. It's the latest must-have tire trend.

Lori L. MavrigianManaging Editor

Since joining Modern Tire Dealer in 1979, Lori Mavrigian has held several key positions leading to her current title as managing editor. In addition to handling the day-to-day operations of magazine production, Lori writes features, contributes photography and is in charge of several of the magazines departments. She also works with the magazine's National Advisory Council for the exclusive Ludwig Report surveys. She earned a B.A. in Mass Media-Communications from the University of Akron.[/quote]
Modified by scotty-2-forty at 10:36 AM 3/15/2010

[SR24DET]

215 on 10.5



My buddy Oots's supra. Sexy

[zerepdivad]

^ that looks like a broke mofo bought wide wheels, but couldn't afford th tires....